The Morning After: Microsoft lets you drop the password

Microsoft isn’t declaring a war on passwords so much as bragging about a successful first attack on them. The Windows maker has announced that users can now from their Microsoft account to favor something that is (hopefully) more secure.

The feature, which had already been rolled out to corporate users, will allow you to drop your password and take advantage of Windows Hello’s biometric security tools. Alternatively, you can grab your phone and use the Windows Authenticator app to grant you access to your machine.

Since passwords have become so difficult for so many people to use, switching to something more elegant is good news. Of course, that this news falls at the same time as the announcement that Microsoft should patch a fairly large fix in Office is a little less reassuring.

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It just has to figure out how to integrate the necessary infrastructure.

New York state has passed a bill to ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2035 which it hopes will help reduce the state’s emissions. It is the third major US state to do so, after California and Massachusetts, while Washington state has tried, but the bill has been vetoed. Given the scale of the challenge of getting New York City ready for electric vehicles, executives have already tasked a number of agencies to start work on a zero-emission vehicle master plan. This will include the creation of a market for zero emission vehicles, the deployment of charging infrastructure and the development of purchasing incentives.

The company also announced a new tablet and laptop.

Xiaomi’s new device launch features the romantically named, superphone with a number of gee-whiz features. This includes 120W HyperCharge technology which promises to charge your phone in under 20 minutes. Imaging-wise, the X11T Pro comes equipped with a 108-megapixel main camera capable of shooting 8K videos with Samsung’s HD10 + (and AI cinema) modes. Watching those magnum opuses should also be quite enjoyable, as the phone’s screen has a refresh rate of 120Hz, Dolby Vision, and HDR10 +.

At the same time, the company unveiled the, an 11-inch tablet with a WQHD + display and support for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. More importantly, Xiaomi is now offering updates for NFC contactless payments. You’ll also be able to connect to Alexa for voice control, among other things.

Directed by Bryce Dallas Howard.

Navigator flight It might not have been a worldwide hit, but it certainly fits a certain age group right now. Now, several years after Disney planned to make Something along with the film, the company announced one is in the works. Details are thin on the pitch at such an early stage, but we do know that Bryce Dallas Howard (star of Jurassic World and regular Lucasfilm director) will direct the remake. If you’re looking to stock up on Disney content, Kris Nadus made it in this week’s Marvel episode. what if.

The robot dog can go around obstacles without human intervention.

Well, it’s official, the robot dog who will stalk us all at the end of time has learned to navigate on his own. Boston Dynamics has announced that a software update to its Spot robot means the machine can do so when its regular planned path is blocked. The company says this will allow Spot to better organize autonomous inspection tours, taking photos in dangerous or hard-to-reach areas. Yes, of course, that is the reason.

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